Extraordinary tenure
Subtitle: Massachusetts and the making of the nation : from President Adams to Speaker O'Neill
By: Neil J. Savage.
Publisher: Ambassador Books
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Worcester, Mass
Language: eng
Number of pages: 400
Subjects: Politicians -- Massachusetts -- Biography.; Massachusetts -- Politics and government.; Massachusetts -- Biography.; United States -- Politics and government.
Genres: Biography.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 386-391) and index.
Table of contents: title: A government functioning; title: Goodbye, Mr. Adams; title: To Her Majesty the Queen (and the odd king); title: The end of illusion; title: Barbarians at the ballot box : a cobbler's journey; title: A poet in Piccadilly; title: The rise of the Celt; title: The Commonwealth's century : a question of continuity; title: Striking a balance; title: The honorable and formidable Mr. Lodge; title: In diplomatic service : political appointees and careerists; title: The speaker, the president, and it all came tumbling down; title: Bad times-worse times; title: In and out with Speaker Martin; title: Always certain, never sure : Massachusetts men in Berlin; title: The general's men; title: The party of inclusion; title: Neither one nor the other; title: The cardinal rabbi; title: Little boy blue; title: Family feuds; title: A question of attitude; title: Men of principle; title: The O'Neill.